One of the greatest songs ever written. How a 21/22 year old guy wrote this is beyond me... The lyrics are absolutely amazing. If you’ve been in love, this song hits you. Hard!
His voice always matched the tone of the music. On Atmosphere he sang even more darker than this. Usually matching tone-wise what Peter Hook played on bass. On their more energetic songs you heard more of his lighter voice.
@@k-woff8116yea, pennine version is something I actually really like, the raw sound of it compared to the normal version of LWTUA and the darker sound of unknown pleasures
Lyrics When routine bites hard And ambitions are low And resentment rides high But emotions won't grow And we're changing our ways Taking different roads Love, love will tear us apart again Love, love will tear us apart again Why is the bedroom so cold? Turned away on your side Is my timing that flawed? Our respect run so dry? Yet there's still this appeal That we've kept through our lives But love, love will tear us apart again Love, love will tear us apart again Do you cry out in your sleep? All my failings exposed Gets a taste in my mouth As desperation takes hold And it's something so good Just can't function no more? Love, love will tear us apart again Love, love will tear us apart again Love, love will tear us apart again Love, love will tear up apart again
Ian Curtis also had epileptic fits, sometimes during a show. The audience thought this was part of the act when it wasn't. A decent movie about the band is "Control".
It's mind boggling what he went through. My ex is an epileptic and I just couldn't imagine her trying to sing on stages with all of the lights and extra sensory overloads. I can understand how he chose to go out how he did. It's sad, but I can completely understand why.
Ian Curtis the lead singer had various medical issues and sadly took his own life just before the band went on an American tour. As someone else said they became New Order - listen to Blue Monday. It's not your headphones it's late 70's early 80's dark black Britain with many unemployed, no future and no way out. New Order after Joy Division changed that with 24 hour party people-electro pop and dance music. Oh and it's pronounced E-an.
Hi E Thorn, you mentioned 24 hour party people, which is a film (which I guessing you know) and a great film it is, about Tony Wilson setting up Factory Records which brought Manchester's music/bands to the world..
Ian Curtis took his life not long after the song was recorded. 23 years old, he left a wife and child behind. It's just so tragic that he couldn't see any other way out. I love these lyrics but they break my heart. "Why is the bedroom so cold? Turned away on your side Is my timing that flawed? Our respect run so dry? Yet there's still this appeal That we've kept through our lives But love, love will tear us apart again Love, love will tear us apart again"
Oh gosh. I'm a little afraid of this reaction. I love Joy Division but they aren't for everyone. Ian was severely depressed because of a serious epilepsy condition. He eventually took his own life before epilepsy could. They are a very influential band but somewhat obscure.
Joy Division is an acquired taste. Once you listen to them more, the more you'll understand them. It's like the end of innocence. You'd probably like New Order. New Order was the remaining members of Joy Division after Ian Curtis died. There's a great movie about him it's called "Control" . I suggest you watch it. You'll understand Ian and his struggles with epilepsy along with becoming famous which caused family problems and the deep depression and guilt he went through. I know it sounds like a glib movie but I assure you it's fantastic. I'll put a link to the trailer in this post. th-cam.com/video/p15-hIIACvY/w-d-xo.html
It’s the heartbreaking lyrics. The lyrics are muddled for a reason. They hide the message. They cover the pain of what he went through. He soon took his life after this release.
Weirdly almost everyone has heard the drummer out of Joy Division a heap of times, back in the early days before drum machines were widely used someone had to lay down those original beats and Stephen actually spent a lot of arduous time recording a whole heap of individual sounds for the machine. Once someone had done it nobody could be bothered doing it again so for years he would get these cheques for the royalties when someone used the drum machine in songs.
Ian is a bit of a hero. Like myself he had epilepsy and mental health problems. This was written while his marriage to his childhood sweetheart was coming to pieces. I think it captures that emotional state well. The lyrics might help you understand better.
I can hear every single word and the track is a classic. Also, in Manchester where I live it’s the anthem to our city. They only made two real albums and both would be in my top 50 albums of all time.
The really interesting part about the era, and this song in particular, is you get to watch music evolution. The 80s were when Punk really went mainstream, competing against Ska and Mod and Metal, when Synth Pop was truly born, and in this song in particular, you get to experience the crossover of synth and punk. For that alone, this song is a genuine musical landmark, as people rarely see any connection between the two genres until hearing this track.
The singer Ian Curtis suffered from really bad epilepsy which really effected his confidence and mental state, he often suffered from really bad stage fright and sadly hung himself with a washing line at just 23 years of age. The band chose to end and then became New Order. Moby has also gad a few hits with Joy Division songs like New Dawn Fades which was used on the movie Heat.
I've heard that he had a wife and a mistress and from all accounts loved them both genuinely. The "love will tear is apart....again" makes me think of him trying to talk to his wife about loving her...and someone else too. It can be a hard discussion today when polyamory isn't a foreign word, imagine that long ago and having to navigate feeling love for two people on top of everything else
Old 80s Depeche Mode and New Order on the BBC show Top of the Pops might be fun to react to. When Depeche Mode made their first appearance on the show they rode together to the BBC on the Underground with all their gear.
I was so excited to see you react to Joy Division. I love the atmospheres they made in their songs. If you take suggestions... I'm always trying to get someone(who doesn't know them) to react to my favorite band XTC. Senses Working Overtime would be a good introduction to them.
Funny enough, when you see Peter Hook and the Light live, the audio is pretty much mixed the same way. With his deep Manchester accent it can be really difficult to hear him. Fortunately, the crowd is usually singing at the top of their lungs so you do actually get to hear the lyrics.
Once you look at the lyrics of this song, you'll understand why his sang the song that way. Joy Division is a very influential band and inspired numerous artists.
Awesome band!☺️One of my favorites is "Dead Souls."Nine Inch Nails covered this song for the soundtrack of 1993's The Crow.They sounded pretty good,but of course I prefer the original.😉
If you didn't grow up in the 80s then you will never understand our music.. It was a movement.. A perfect time of peace when people loved each other.... The music today is nothing like it was.. Why you think people are killing each other mass shooting it's what they listen to that sparks there iner self..
Inaugurating an era of genious music produced in UK, which reflected the historical moment that these people were living. Many songs of that time are depressive lyrics disguised in joyful and rich music. Influenced worldwide music forever, great classics and master bands, which keep influences generations. Suggest Pet Shop Boys (it’s a sin, west and girls, go west) , Tears for Fears (Mad World/ Everybody wants to rule the world/ Pale Shelter...)
@@funkster007 but if you've heard enough music and kinda know a little musical history you get how and why the vocals aren't super audible. You're not expecting a glossy production and realize the depressed vibe of the song.
Well yeah. It's kinda lo-fi on purpose. I personally love this song (nostalgic and sentimental reasons). But I can understand if it his doesn't necessarily appeal to everyone's tastes too. It is pretty obscure.
I get what you are saying but in order to appreciate Joy Division, you sort of have to know the work of New Order which resulted from it. New Order is the more polished version of this but devoid of some of the lyrical complexity and character. But if you listen to and appreciate New Order (which were quite successful) and understand that Joy Division is the prototype for that band you realize that this singer's voice over what the music became could have been magical. And with the live stage presence of the deceased lead signer, they might have been legendary. Also, lots of this older music is a bit muddled due to the equipment used back then and there are remastered versions of what you were watching that play a little better. Basically this is early synthesizer driven music and had a big influence on lots of other music to this day. Sort of switches the tradition of guitars as lead to the rhythm (bass and synth) taking the lead.
Spent my youth in there. Where they filmed this salford lads club in ordsall still going strong people come from all over the world to take pictures ❤❤❤
Ian Curtis was a phenomenal artist who wasn't quite comfortable in his own skin, and that showed through in his live performances. Add in his severe epilepsy, which sometimes flared during those performances, and you had an intensity and a stage presence that was completely unique. Few people gave more of themselves while performing than Curtis. Please give "Transmission" or "She's Lost Control" a try in one of your future videos, especially a live version. You'll be amazed by what you see, I can promise you that.
NEW ORDER - The Perfect Kiss [Live Studio Performance Video] : th-cam.com/video/x3XW6NLILqo/w-d-xo.html 3/4 rs Joy Division post-Ian RIP. HOW LONG?! Not a second wasted ...
E-ann Curtis died when he was 23. Listen to Isolation or Colony. He wrote an entire album basically saying he was going to kill himself. His town spawned many great bands, and yes New Order's impact on the world has been eminence. New Order are the surviving members of Joy Division... a name they chose based of a group of chosen Arian women who were meant to procreate the nazi regime.
Love Will Tear Is Apart When routine bites hard and ambitions are low And resentment rides high, but emotions won't grow And we're changing our ways, taking different roads [Chorus] Then love, love will tear us apart again Love, love will tear us apart again [Verse 2] Why is the bedroom so cold? You've turned away on your side Is my timing that flawed? Our respect runs so dry Yet there's still this appeal that we've kept through our lives [Chorus] But love, love will tear us apart again Love, love will tear us apart again [Guitar Solo] [Verse 3] You cry out in your sleep, all my failings exposed And there's a taste in my mouth as desperation takes hold Just that something so good, just can't function no more [Chorus] Then love, love will tear us apart again Love, love will tear us apart again Then love, love will tear it apart again Love, love will tear apart again. __________________ Ian Curtis (EEE Ann CURR tis) was an epileptic who would sometime have SEIZURES on stage and the audience thought it was part of the act. Yes, this song about unrequited love. He was more in love than the girl was with him. This song is his berries heart in some and lyrics. If bittersweet was a song, THIS would be it. Joy Division is the name of the band. After Ian passed away the rest of the band came to the US as New Order and you can still hear Joy Divisions sounds in them. True fact, the Joy Division was in fact the German Nazis prostitution section to eat used Jewish prisoners as pleasure gives of the Elite SS officers. Here the name, JOY Division. True fact, look it up.
If someone asked me what parts of this song I like, I could give a few suggestions but nothing very distinct. Yet I could listen to it a 100 times in a row. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts in this case.
Just watching your face while you watched, brought me joy. If I had a mirror when I first heard this track, I think we would've been twins. But now, when I hear it, it's like every time I crossed the pier from a long voyage at sea and she was waiting for me.
Listen to Disorder, the first track of the album. Fun fact time of why I relate to Ian Curtis: Disorder has a line that goes something like, "Light's are flashing, cars are crashing. It's getting frequent now." As somebody who suffers from epilepsy I can relate to Ian. One second I was driving down the freeway doing about when I apparently had a Grand Mal seizure and drove straight into a concrete divider. I woke up in the hospital without a scratch on me and no clue what had happened. My point is, the stress of dealing with a seizure inducing condition is tough enough to deal with. I can't imagine what Ian, somebody who struggled terribly with Anxiety, let alone epilepsy was going through in those final days. Side Note I was driving a newish german sedan when the Grand Mal happened (Safe reliable car). Normally I set my cruise control between 78-85 MPH when driving on that particular part of the freeway. The barrier split my car in half down the middle like a samurai sword, and aside from a concussion, I didn't have a scratch on me. God exists in one form or another. I should not be alive.
Sorry you couldn't hear Ian since he was a brilliant lyricist. Joy Division is a pretty unique band in several ways, considering the impact they had on so many other bands and their music never never seems dated.
Ian Curtis was a musical genius gone from us way too soon the day before him and Joy Division were supposed to start their American tour him and his wife broke up and had a fight and his wife came back to check up on him and found that he had hung himself from the ceiling he had epilepsy and stuff like that and they really didn't have that many drugs in the UK for that type of stuff and it cost him his life! The three remaining band members went on to create a band called New World Order! You should probably react to New World orders Blue Monday or Bizarre Love Triangle
this is a few thousand layers above (or below in depth) what any youtube channel can encompass. how people even listen to music on computers and earplugs is beyond me
When I want to do my goth make up right i listen to joy division or the cure and do my eye liner and eye shadow before the chorus hits so the tears can flow and make it real
Ian Curtis, had seizures, was very depressed, he felt like his Wife didn’t love him, so he cheated. He had a baby girl. The night the band was supposed to head to America, he sadly took his life... Ian Curtis was the lead singer. You can tell, by the look in his eyes, how much pain it was to live his life....God bless his poor, poor soul. I suggest you listen to “Disorder” by Joy Division.
He hung himself in his kitchen while listening to the new Stooges record. His young wife found him that way, the needle on the Stooges record skipping at the end. True story. Years later, Iggy Pop, singer for the Stooges, would cover this song live with the band. It was the only performance Iggy ever in his life gave where he played absolutely straight laced. Total respect and love for Ian. I think the video might be up on YT
I love when you react to 80s music (I know this is late 70s but I tend to group the two together)! Can you react to Seven Seas by Echo & The Bunnymen? It’s one of their softer songs with poetic lyrics that you’ll probably enjoy
I could understand his words just fine but I've been listening to this song for approx 35 years so maybe I'm just used to him. But I don't recall there ever being a time I didn't know what he was saying. ah well
The band renamed themselves ‘Joy Division’, borrowing the name from the sexual slavery wing of a Nazi concentration camp mentioned in the 1955 novel House of Dolls2
Its a hard concept but its ment to be.felt more than hurd it's a different side to music but at the time it perfectlysjmed h the feeling of 1980s Thatcher England
Great 80s band. Also check out Fad Gadget "Collapsing new People" . Frank Tovey died young as well, a heart defect, he was great influence to Depeche Mode.
The film Control is about the back story to Joy Division and Ian, amazing performances but it's hard to watch because we know the ending. Genius but troubled, hence the haunting beautiful lyrics.
I love Joy Division but I know that they are an acquired taste. The mix on this song is a little muddy and not crystal clear, but that sort of adds to the bleak mood. After Curtis’s death, the band carried on under the name New Order with a more synth pop vibe. I think you’d like them better. You could start with Bizarre Love Triangle.
Lyrics are for poems,...poetry has always tried to imitate music with it's rhymes,...Joy division always said that it's great if you make your own view on the lyrics based on your own life experiences,...sorry for my crappy inglish,....cheers from Barcelona!!!.
From my take on what reactions I've seen from you so far, this is prolly not going to be your band. A lot of it is really depressing. But, they made an interesting mix of the punk and new wave scenes of music during that period with really deep lyrics. You should rather try New Order's 'Temptation' or 'True Faith' with the fantastically '80s video.
You need to acquire an ear for great music as you just listened to one of the greatest songs ever. He was depressed suffering from seizure which to him we're unbearable. His name is Ian not Joe. This was recorded in 1980. This is the start of Goth. Groundbreaking. Open your mind.
One of the greatest songs ever written. How a 21/22 year old guy wrote this is beyond me... The lyrics are absolutely amazing. If you’ve been in love, this song hits you. Hard!
He sang like this in this song because it was his mood so the emotions of it were real and a reflection of his headspace. He was a tortured soul.
His voice always matched the tone of the music. On Atmosphere he sang even more darker than this. Usually matching tone-wise what Peter Hook played on bass.
On their more energetic songs you heard more of his lighter voice.
Also, because Martin gave him Frank Sinatras' records to listen because they wanted him to sound kind of like a crooner.
@@k-woff8116yea, pennine version is something I actually really like, the raw sound of it compared to the normal version of LWTUA and the darker sound of unknown pleasures
Lyrics
When routine bites hard
And ambitions are low
And resentment rides high
But emotions won't grow
And we're changing our ways
Taking different roads
Love, love will tear us apart again
Love, love will tear us apart again
Why is the bedroom so cold?
Turned away on your side
Is my timing that flawed?
Our respect run so dry?
Yet there's still this appeal
That we've kept through our lives
But love, love will tear us apart again
Love, love will tear us apart again
Do you cry out in your sleep?
All my failings exposed
Gets a taste in my mouth
As desperation takes hold
And it's something so good
Just can't function no more?
Love, love will tear us apart again
Love, love will tear us apart again
Love, love will tear us apart again
Love, love will tear up apart again
Ian Curtis also had epileptic fits, sometimes during a show. The audience thought this was part of the act when it wasn't. A decent movie about the band is "Control".
And 24 hour Party People!
I heard that people started copying him and it sort of created that spaz style to dancing in the punk scene.
Control was an amazing film and I just got diagnosed with epilepsy last year myself at 28
It's mind boggling what he went through. My ex is an epileptic and I just couldn't imagine her trying to sing on stages with all of the lights and extra sensory overloads. I can understand how he chose to go out how he did. It's sad, but I can completely understand why.
Ian Curtis the lead singer had various medical issues and sadly took his own life just before the band went on an American tour. As someone else said they became New Order - listen to Blue Monday. It's not your headphones it's late 70's early 80's dark black Britain with many unemployed, no future and no way out. New Order after Joy Division changed that with 24 hour party people-electro pop and dance music. Oh and it's pronounced E-an.
Sadly at the age of 22 or 23. Leaving behind a wife and baby girl.
He suffered badly with Epilepsy
@@brianbaker3654 - 23.
Hi E Thorn, you mentioned 24 hour party people, which is a film (which I guessing you know) and a great film it is, about Tony Wilson setting up Factory Records which brought Manchester's music/bands to the world..
@@MJ.71 yes and I read that he was over prescribed anti seizure meds. Some can cause suicidal and aggressive behavior. Very sad...
Ian Curtis took his life not long after the song was recorded. 23 years old, he left a wife and child behind. It's just so tragic that he couldn't see any other way out. I love these lyrics but they break my heart.
"Why is the bedroom so cold?
Turned away on your side
Is my timing that flawed?
Our respect run so dry?
Yet there's still this appeal
That we've kept through our lives
But love, love will tear us apart again
Love, love will tear us apart again"
there is no other way out.
Joy Division became New Order.
we know
And died with Ian Curtis.
3 of them did. So not really
Without Ian Curtis 💔
Oh gosh. I'm a little afraid of this reaction. I love Joy Division but they aren't for everyone. Ian was severely depressed because of a serious epilepsy condition. He eventually took his own life before epilepsy could. They are a very influential band but somewhat obscure.
I get a panic attack every time I listen to this song because I feel his emotions so strong
Obscure ?
@@billshire2681 Yes as in not a household name.
joy division is what life is....
They WERE an influential band. After Ian died they quit and in time reformed as New Order
Joy Division is an acquired taste. Once you listen to them more, the more you'll understand them. It's like the end of innocence.
You'd probably like New Order. New Order was the remaining members of Joy Division after Ian Curtis died.
There's a great movie about him it's called "Control" . I suggest you watch it. You'll understand Ian and his struggles with epilepsy along with becoming famous which caused family problems and the deep depression and guilt he went through. I know it sounds like a glib movie but I assure you it's fantastic.
I'll put a link to the trailer in this post.
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I miss Ian.
Joy Division forever🖤🖤🖤🖤
Am I the only person who loved JD the very first time I heard them?
@@kathleen109 nope, their songs are older than me and I was hooked the first time I listened to my brother's albums.
It’s the heartbreaking lyrics. The lyrics are muddled for a reason. They hide the message. They cover the pain of what he went through. He soon took his life after this release.
Weirdly almost everyone has heard the drummer out of Joy Division a heap of times, back in the early days before drum machines were widely used someone had to lay down those original beats and Stephen actually spent a lot of arduous time recording a whole heap of individual sounds for the machine. Once someone had done it nobody could be bothered doing it again so for years he would get these cheques for the royalties when someone used the drum machine in songs.
Ian is a bit of a hero. Like myself he had epilepsy and mental health problems. This was written while his marriage to his childhood sweetheart was coming to pieces. I think it captures that emotional state well. The lyrics might help you understand better.
I can hear every single word and the track is a classic. Also, in Manchester where I live it’s the anthem to our city. They only made two real albums and both would be in my top 50 albums of all time.
The really interesting part about the era, and this song in particular, is you get to watch music evolution. The 80s were when Punk really went mainstream, competing against Ska and Mod and Metal, when Synth Pop was truly born, and in this song in particular, you get to experience the crossover of synth and punk. For that alone, this song is a genuine musical landmark, as people rarely see any connection between the two genres until hearing this track.
The singer Ian Curtis suffered from really bad epilepsy which really effected his confidence and mental state, he often suffered from really bad stage fright and sadly hung himself with a washing line at just 23 years of age. The band chose to end and then became New Order. Moby has also gad a few hits with Joy Division songs like New Dawn Fades which was used on the movie Heat.
I've heard that he had a wife and a mistress and from all accounts loved them both genuinely. The "love will tear is apart....again" makes me think of him trying to talk to his wife about loving her...and someone else too. It can be a hard discussion today when polyamory isn't a foreign word, imagine that long ago and having to navigate feeling love for two people on top of everything else
Joy Division was definitely doomy...loved it 🤘🏼
When you read the lyrics, his voice is very understandable
Ah ... there needs to be a way to do multiple thumbs up. Can you please do some new order, Depeche Mode etc
Old 80s Depeche Mode and New Order on the BBC show Top of the Pops might be fun to react to. When Depeche Mode made their first appearance on the show they rode together to the BBC on the Underground with all their gear.
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Loved how she actually read into the song. More reactors should do this. Keep up the great work!!
I love this song so much
I was so excited to see you react to Joy Division. I love the atmospheres they made in their songs. If you take suggestions... I'm always trying to get someone(who doesn't know them) to react to my favorite band XTC. Senses Working Overtime would be a good introduction to them.
+1 - I'd also throw in Making Plans for Nigel and The Mayor of Simpleton both by XTC.
And Sergeant Rock, and The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead.
XTC was great. I lived Senses working overtime and Dear God was probably best known in the US.
I just wish Andy could overcome his agoraphobia and play live shows. I would so love to see them live.
"Iron Curtis" 😂
They microphoned and recorded each instrument separately. The mixing caused the instruments to be upfront as much as the vocals.
Funny enough, when you see Peter Hook and the Light live, the audio is pretty much mixed the same way. With his deep Manchester accent it can be really difficult to hear him. Fortunately, the crowd is usually singing at the top of their lungs so you do actually get to hear the lyrics.
Once you look at the lyrics of this song, you'll understand why his sang the song that way. Joy Division is a very influential band and inspired numerous artists.
The best part about these "I've never heard these songs before videos" is knowing that this sister loves Joy Division! F'ing incredible!
Awesome band!☺️One of my favorites is "Dead Souls."Nine Inch Nails covered this song for the soundtrack of 1993's The Crow.They sounded pretty good,but of course I prefer the original.😉
Very very influential band.
One of my favorite bands! Thank you for checking this out.
Legendary track.
Its official.
Unpretentious.
Unpolished.
It's what makes it so astounding.
If you didn't grow up in the 80s then you will never understand our music.. It was a movement.. A perfect time of peace when people loved each other.... The music today is nothing like it was.. Why you think people are killing each other mass shooting it's what they listen to that sparks there iner self..
Inaugurating an era of genious music produced in UK, which reflected the historical moment that these people were living. Many songs of that time are depressive lyrics disguised in joyful and rich music. Influenced worldwide music forever, great classics and master bands, which keep influences generations. Suggest Pet Shop Boys (it’s a sin, west and girls, go west) , Tears for Fears (Mad World/ Everybody wants to rule the world/ Pale Shelter...)
i get tears everytime i hear this song.. Notthing today affects me today
It ain't supposed to be the most stellar recording. It's a vibe. You either ride or you don't. You might have to broaden your musical horizons.
Matt Cribbin Its a realistic view of long-term relationships with the struggles most couples have.
I love this song. It's my ringtone. 💙
"You either ride or you don't" Yep, but your last sentence is pointless. You can't force people to dig every music genre.
@@funkster007 but if you've heard enough music and kinda know a little musical history you get how and why the vocals aren't super audible. You're not expecting a glossy production and realize the depressed vibe of the song.
Well yeah. It's kinda lo-fi on purpose. I personally love this song (nostalgic and sentimental reasons). But I can understand if it his doesn't necessarily appeal to everyone's tastes too. It is pretty obscure.
@@mattcribbin1570 you sound so pretentious
I get what you are saying but in order to appreciate Joy Division, you sort of have to know the work of New Order which resulted from it. New Order is the more polished version of this but devoid of some of the lyrical complexity and character. But if you listen to and appreciate New Order (which were quite successful) and understand that Joy Division is the prototype for that band you realize that this singer's voice over what the music became could have been magical. And with the live stage presence of the deceased lead signer, they might have been legendary.
Also, lots of this older music is a bit muddled due to the equipment used back then and there are remastered versions of what you were watching that play a little better. Basically this is early synthesizer driven music and had a big influence on lots of other music to this day. Sort of switches the tradition of guitars as lead to the rhythm (bass and synth) taking the lead.
This song is like a time machine
Spent my youth in there. Where they filmed this salford lads club in ordsall still going strong people come from all over the world to take pictures ❤❤❤
Are brits just musical gods
Ian Curtis was a phenomenal artist who wasn't quite comfortable in his own skin, and that showed through in his live performances. Add in his severe epilepsy, which sometimes flared during those performances, and you had an intensity and a stage presence that was completely unique. Few people gave more of themselves while performing than Curtis. Please give "Transmission" or "She's Lost Control" a try in one of your future videos, especially a live version. You'll be amazed by what you see, I can promise you that.
Yes,he was a unique talent and sadly,a very troubled man.He was a big loss to music.R.I.P Ian Curtis!
NEW ORDER - The Perfect Kiss [Live Studio Performance Video] :
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3/4 rs Joy Division post-Ian RIP. HOW LONG?! Not a second wasted ...
Love will tears appart again , love it
E-ann Curtis died when he was 23. Listen to Isolation or Colony. He wrote an entire album basically saying he was going to kill himself. His town spawned many great bands, and yes New Order's impact on the world has been eminence. New Order are the surviving members of Joy Division... a name they chose based of a group of chosen Arian women who were meant to procreate the nazi regime.
The melody from '...And Then He Kissed Me' tries it's best to break through, before the whole thing fades out.
[Approx 3:45 here].
Love Will Tear Is Apart
When routine bites hard and ambitions are low
And resentment rides high, but emotions won't grow
And we're changing our ways, taking different roads
[Chorus]
Then love, love will tear us apart again
Love, love will tear us apart again
[Verse 2]
Why is the bedroom so cold? You've turned away on your side
Is my timing that flawed? Our respect runs so dry
Yet there's still this appeal that we've kept through our lives
[Chorus]
But love, love will tear us apart again
Love, love will tear us apart again
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
You cry out in your sleep, all my failings exposed
And there's a taste in my mouth as desperation takes hold
Just that something so good, just can't function no more
[Chorus]
Then love, love will tear us apart again
Love, love will tear us apart again
Then love, love will tear it apart again
Love, love will tear apart again.
__________________
Ian Curtis (EEE Ann CURR tis) was an epileptic who would sometime have SEIZURES on stage and the audience thought it was part of the act.
Yes, this song about unrequited love. He was more in love than the girl was with him. This song is his berries heart in some and lyrics. If bittersweet was a song, THIS would be it.
Joy Division is the name of the band. After Ian passed away the rest of the band came to the US as New Order and you can still hear Joy Divisions sounds in them.
True fact, the Joy Division was in fact the German Nazis prostitution section to eat used Jewish prisoners as pleasure gives of the Elite SS officers. Here the name, JOY Division. True fact, look it up.
I have 3 of the band member's autographs.. signed happy new year card off the bassist Peter Hook of Joy Division too!
I love your expressions when listening!
Kind of like the greatest band and most important band the World has ever seen!
If someone asked me what parts of this song I like, I could give a few suggestions but nothing very distinct. Yet I could listen to it a 100 times in a row. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts in this case.
Just watching your face while you watched, brought me joy. If I had a mirror when I first heard this track, I think we would've been twins. But now, when I hear it, it's like every time I crossed the pier from a long voyage at sea and she was waiting for me.
She's right. I thought the same thing . It's a post punk aesthetic, definitely not for everybody
Listen to Disorder, the first track of the album. Fun fact time of why I relate to Ian Curtis:
Disorder has a line that goes something like, "Light's are flashing, cars are crashing. It's getting frequent now." As somebody who suffers from epilepsy I can relate to Ian. One second I was driving down the freeway doing about when I apparently had a Grand Mal seizure and drove straight into a concrete divider. I woke up in the hospital without a scratch on me and no clue what had happened. My point is, the stress of dealing with a seizure inducing condition is tough enough to deal with. I can't imagine what Ian, somebody who struggled terribly with Anxiety, let alone epilepsy was going through in those final days.
Side Note
I was driving a newish german sedan when the Grand Mal happened (Safe reliable car). Normally I set my cruise control between 78-85 MPH when driving on that particular part of the freeway. The barrier split my car in half down the middle like a samurai sword, and aside from a concussion, I didn't have a scratch on me.
God exists in one form or another. I should not be alive.
Sorry you couldn't hear Ian since he was a brilliant lyricist. Joy Division is a pretty unique band in several ways, considering the impact they had on so many other bands and their music never never seems dated.
Ian Curtis was a musical genius gone from us way too soon the day before him and Joy Division were supposed to start their American tour him and his wife broke up and had a fight and his wife came back to check up on him and found that he had hung himself from the ceiling he had epilepsy and stuff like that and they really didn't have that many drugs in the UK for that type of stuff and it cost him his life! The three remaining band members went on to create a band called New World Order! You should probably react to New World orders Blue Monday or Bizarre Love Triangle
Gotta get the one with lyrics displayed ! It's about a lost relationship crashing hard...
this is a few thousand layers above (or below in depth) what any youtube channel can encompass. how people even listen to music on computers and earplugs is beyond me
80's BABY !!!
When I want to do my goth make up right i listen to joy division or the cure and do my eye liner and eye shadow before the chorus hits so the tears can flow and make it real
Ian Curtis, had seizures, was very depressed, he felt like his Wife didn’t love him, so he cheated. He had a baby girl. The night the band was supposed to head to America, he sadly took his life... Ian Curtis was the lead singer. You can tell, by the look in his eyes, how much pain it was to live his life....God bless his poor, poor soul. I suggest you listen to “Disorder” by Joy Division.
He hung himself in his kitchen while listening to the new Stooges record. His young wife found him that way, the needle on the Stooges record skipping at the end. True story.
Years later, Iggy Pop, singer for the Stooges, would cover this song live with the band. It was the only performance Iggy ever in his life gave where he played absolutely straight laced. Total respect and love for Ian. I think the video might be up on YT
LUL, they play this everyday at my work!
Joy Division Ian Curtis is magic brilliant
They are called joy division not Joy! What's wrong with you get it right!
His depression oozes out of this song
RIP Ian.
Greatest song ever written? Maybe not, but gotta be right up there with the best.
I love when you react to 80s music (I know this is late 70s but I tend to group the two together)! Can you react to Seven Seas by Echo & The Bunnymen? It’s one of their softer songs with poetic lyrics that you’ll probably enjoy
yeah, that sound they have, is deliberate skill
Such a sad song but beautiful
If you cannot get this, you have no soul.
Girl catch the vibes. Melancholy song but one of the best songs of all the time . Billie Eilish sings be loud? Wake up and appreciate greatness.
you are doing some great reactions..much better than the shit by vin and sori..keep it up
Don’t play it off like you weren’t fighting back the tears
I could understand his words just fine but I've been listening to this song for approx 35 years so maybe I'm just used to him. But I don't recall there ever being a time I didn't know what he was saying. ah well
There are few great songs that could stand to be remixed. This one is definitely one. I agree.
This song is exactly what being an English young man goes through at that time ,
Great Band..Amazing song!
The band renamed themselves ‘Joy Division’, borrowing the name from the sexual slavery wing of a Nazi concentration camp mentioned in the 1955 novel House of Dolls2
Ian "Iron" Curtis
Hey lady. Try the cover by Jarboe. It’s heartbreakingly beautiful and you can make out the lyrics. You won’t be disappointed.
Ian Curtis is so beaitiful
I feel like a lot of people miss out on the post punk bands, there are some great bands songs and albums out there waiting to be found.
Its a hard concept but its ment to be.felt more than hurd it's a different side to music but at the time it perfectlysjmed h the feeling of 1980s Thatcher England
Great 80s band. Also check out Fad Gadget "Collapsing new People" . Frank Tovey died young as well, a heart defect, he was great influence to Depeche Mode.
Epic!
Electro pop (Britisth) sound of the 80'es
The film Control is about the back story to Joy Division and Ian, amazing performances but it's hard to watch because we know the ending. Genius but troubled, hence the haunting beautiful lyrics.
I love Joy Division but I know that they are an acquired taste. The mix on this song is a little muddy and not crystal clear, but that sort of adds to the bleak mood. After Curtis’s death, the band carried on under the name New Order with a more synth pop vibe. I think you’d like them better. You could start with Bizarre Love Triangle.
Check out the movie "Control" people.... on the life of Ian Curtis..🧡
Lyrics are for poems,...poetry has always tried to imitate music with it's rhymes,...Joy division always said that it's great if you make your own view on the lyrics based on your own life experiences,...sorry for my crappy inglish,....cheers from Barcelona!!!.
The 6 inch sleeve cover is also his grave stone
Personally I think the snore drums sound good
Birth of New Wave, rip Ian.
I think it might have been just a couple of days after the clip that he took his own life.
Iron Curtis??? Snore drum??? Boono??? LMAO
Their lyrics are very powerful a good choice... Check some of their their other stuff up to New Order you won't be disappointed ..." Atmosphere"
From my take on what reactions I've seen from you so far, this is prolly not going to be your band. A lot of it is really depressing. But, they made an interesting mix of the punk and new wave scenes of music during that period with really deep lyrics. You should rather try New Order's 'Temptation' or 'True Faith' with the fantastically '80s video.
How the heck did I miss India reacting to my favorite band ever????
i how are you ? i think i hope you enjoying about Q Lazzarus goodby horse similar new wave style .sound ..
British music at its finest this is... its ment to sound about off and wavey
You need to acquire an ear for great music as you just listened to one of the greatest songs ever. He was depressed suffering from seizure which to him we're unbearable. His name is Ian not Joe. This was recorded in 1980. This is the start of Goth. Groundbreaking. Open your mind.